Tongs



L. ZAESKE June 25, 1929,

TONGS Filed July 16, 1927 Patented June 25, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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This invention relates. to tongs especially adapted to be used for removing hot clinkers from burning fires and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object'of the invention is to provide tongs of the character stated which are of simple and durable structural arrangement and'having arts and features so assembled that the clin er engaging ends of the tongs may be properly directed to remove the clinker from the burning coals and also to grasp the clinker and if necessary turn or twist the clinker in order to extricate the same from the bed of coals without unduly disturbing the coals which are to remain burning in the fire.

While the device is especially adapted to be .used for extracting clinkers, it may be used to advantage for handling other objects or articles which are located at places where clearance space is limited.

In the accompanying drawings:-

Figure 1 is a side elevationa view of the tongs, and

fFigure 2 is an edge elevational view there- 0 4 The tongs comprise a'shaft 1 formed from a single length of rod and provided at one end with a handle portion'2 and at, its opposite end with a curved jaw portion 3. The.

said shaft 1 isspread laterally at points 4 and 5 which lie adjacent the handle and jaw portions respectively and the said spread 1 portions are laterally slotted as at 6 and 6, the longitudinal dimensions of the said slots being in alinement with the median longitudinal dimension or the axis of the shaft 1.

The tongs also include a curved jaw 7 having a straight shank 8, the said shank passing transversely through the slot 6 and being pivoted to the sides of the spread portion 5 by means of a bolt 9. The free end portion of the shank 8 is provided with several openings 10. A longitudinally curved handle lever 11 is pivotally mounted upon a bolt 12 which passes through the side walls of the spread portion 41. A spring 13 is fixed at one end to the free end portion of the handle lever 11 and bears at its opposite end against the adjacent surface of the handle other extremit portion 2 ofthe shaft. A connecting rod 14 s provided at its ends with oppositely disposed extremities, one of which is received in an opening 16 provided at the intermediate portion of the lever handle 11 and the 15 is received in one of the openings 10 o the shaft 8 of the jaw 7. In that the extremities 15 are oppositely disposed they enter the handle lever and the shank at opposite sides thereof and the intermediate portion of the rod 14 crosses the plane of the axis of the shaft 1, at an angle and at a-.point approximately midway between the spread portions 4 and 5. The parts and features are so arranged and assembled that-the jaws 3 and 7 may be projected through the space between the adacent grate bars or through a door opening and the jaw 3 may be directed under the clinker which is to be extracted from the fire. Pressure is then applied to the handle lever 11 whereby the said lever is swung with relation to the shaft and the rod 14 is moved longitudinally, thus swin ing the jaw 7 and causing the free end thereo to approach the free end of the jaw 3 and impinge upon the surface of the clinker. Thus the clinker is grasped and by turning the shaft 1, the clinker may be loosened in the bed of coals and when detached from the burning coals may be withdrawn from the fire. By reason of the fact that the intermediate portion of the rod 14 liesapproximately in the plane of the axis of the shaft 1, the rod and the shaft may be turned at this point so that the clinker may be loosened from the burning coals by the twisting movement hereinbefore described and when the shaft and the rod are disposed through an opening of small dimensions.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is Tongs comprising a shaft formed from a single length of rod flattened transversely at one end portion, said flattened end portion being longitudinally curved to form a aw, the opposite end portion of the shaft forming a handle grip, the shaft at the inner end of the jaw and the inner end of the handle grip having elongated openings, a longitudinally curved jaw transversely flattened at its extremity disposed in the same plane/and a connecting rod having its ends engaged confronting the first named jaw and having with the handle lever and the pivoted jaw, 10 an angularly disposed flat shank extending and resilient means urging the jaws to an through the adjacent opening in the rod, open position, the extremities of the jaws bethe rear edge of the shank being curved and ing approximately parallel to each other. merging gradually into the outer edge of In testimony whereof I hereunto alfix my the second named jaw, a, handle lever pivsignature.

oted in the other opening in the rod, and HENRY L. ZAESKE- 

